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USGS us6000epir

25 Jun 2021, 00:04

10 km SW of Charikar, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5.1 mww earthquake at 16.2 km depth.

Depth16.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 10 km SW of Charikar, Afghanistan?

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34.950900, 69.084800

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us6000epir

Coordinates

34.9509, 69.0848

Network

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Significance

408